Samsung Galaxy S3 launch fails to attract iPhone-like crowds

Samsung launched its Galaxy S3 handset at its Westfield Stratford store on Tuesday evening, but the firm failed to match rival Apple in the launch event sweepstakes. V3 was in attendance at the S3 launch event, where Samsung's crowd fell short of the standard of Apple, which saw thousands gather outside stores for the launch of the iPhone 4S. 

Busy staff at Samsung's flagship store were unable to provide exact numbers, but we'd say there were around 300 to 400 Galaxy S3 buyers patiently queuing. A Samsung staffer did tell us, however, that the queue started to form at 2pm - just three hours before the Galaxy S III went on sale. In contrast, the first iPhone 4S buyers started queueing two weeks ahead of the smartphone's launch. 

It's good there weren't people camping outside the Samsung store for days on end though, as we witnessed the shop turning away those who had pre-ordered the blue Galaxy S3 handset. It might not have matched Apple on numbers, but Samsung certainly managed to outdo its rival when it came to treating its fans well.

 During the two hours that we queued outside the Samsung store, we were given ice cream, cupcakes, a personal magic show and even champagne and canapés, so we didn't much mind the wait. Check back later this week for our Samsung Galaxy S3 review.

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Sony unveils rugged Xperia Go Android smartphone

Sony has unveiled the Xperia Go smartphone, yet another budget Android device aimed at the mid and lower-end markets that features rugged capabilities to help it withstand everyday life. Despite not announcing pricing for the device its specifications strongly suggest it will retail at the lower end of the market, particularly as it will only run Android Gingerbread 2.3 on release.

 It will be upgradeable to Ice Cream Sandwich in the future. The device has a 3.5in screen and a 5MP camera that can record HD video at 720p and is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor. To make it rugged Sony has used scratch resistant mineral glass to meet International Protection 67 ratings for dust and water immersion. 

The device will come with 8GB internal storage with an expansion slot for a further possible 32GB as well as RAM of 512MB. The device is likely to find itself up against phones such as the Lumia 610 which went on sale in the UK on Wednesday, priced at around £150 SIM-free. That device boasts similar functions to the Xperia Go such as a 5MP camera, but runs the Windows Phone Tango operating system.

 TG-tech reviewed the 610 earlier this week and was impressed by the capabilities of the device, particularly as it only houses 256MB of RAM and has a single-core processor, but was disappointed that many key applications such as Angry Birds cannot run on these low specifications

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Wikileaks Launches Social Network for Supporters

A place to support Wikileaks and connect with people that share your beliefs.

Wikileaks has launched its own social network for supporters of the whistle-blowing site to connect and get to know each other. Dubbed Friends of Wikileaks, or FoWL, the site automatically connects users with like-minded individuals in an attempt to provide people with the useful connections they need to take action.

"Since its inception, many small groups have sprung up in support of WikiLeaks. They have been forming without much global cohesion, and only a fraction of the people who support WikiLeaks have found a way to come together to engage in the practical defence of the organisation," reads the FoWL manifesto. "FoWL will connect these individuals, groups and organisations so that they may find synergies, and work together in an efficient and productive manner. We want all existing WikiLeaks support organisations to remain fully autonomous and independent and continue the work they are doing, but at the same time interconnect and work together for various common goals."

FoWL isn't like your everyday social network, either. Instead of choosing and adding friends, FoWL will select your contacts for you. When joining, you'll provide your email address, the area you live in, your contact details (can be hidden or visible to your friends), languages you speak, and a little about yourself and why you're joining the site. FoWL will then connect you with 12 people in your chosen languages. Six of these will be from your area and the other six from around the world. If you choose to delete one of them from your contact list (if they're too quiet or "lazy," for example), you'll be connected with another. 

On Sunday, Wikileaks was busy using its Twitter page to broadcast the reasons why FoWL is better than social networking giant Facebook. Reason number four stated that FoWL keeps users data "so encrypted, not even the system admins can decrypt it." This was followed by reason five, which stated that FoWL "uses military grade cryptography and the best industry standards" to protect user data.

FoWL is now open to sign ups, but the site warns new users that 'for some time, nothing else will happen. "We need the network to be of a certain size before we can start introducing you to candidate friends," FoWL explains. "Registering now will allow you to be a part of the network before the beta stage network gets full. As soon as we are ready to give you some candidate friends we will let you know."

Check out FoWL for yourself at www.WLFriends.org.

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AT&T buying T-Mobile: A disconnect for consumers

The second-biggest wireless carrier in America would get bigger and your choice for wireless service would get smaller should AT&T carry out its plan to buy T-Mobile USA. The deal, announced Sunday afternoon, would vault AT&T past Verizon Wireless as the America's largest wireless carrier, adding T-Mobile's 33.7 million customers to its 95.5 million, for a total of 129.2 million customers - far more than Verizon's 102.2 million.

 It would also reduce the number of nationwide wireless carriers from four to three. A site advertising the merger, mobilizeeverything.com, lists reasons for the government to support the deal, such as the presence of local or regional wireless carriers, the prospect of upgrades to AT&T's capacity in urban areas and a promise to extend high-speed LTE, or Long Term Evolution, wireless broadband to cover 95 percent of Americans. 

The most important point for current AT&T customers is the addition of T-Mobile's wireless spectrum. That could provide quick relief to users unable to complete calls or downloads over AT&T's overloaded airwaves. (It's fair to ask why the company couldn't invest the $25 billion in cash it proposes to spend for T-Mobile on upgrading its own network, in part by bidding on the coming spectrum auctions set out in the government's National Broadband Plan.) T-Mobile customers would also see improved coverage, but they wouldn't get the iPhone any sooner. But those aren't the most important things for the government to evaluate in its antitrust review. 

There's a larger market to consider. Allowing the second-biggest company in a four-company market to buy the fourth-largest rival looks bad enough in the abstract. But in this particular industry, it would be even worse. The third-largest nationwide carrier, Sprint, would be hard-pressed to compete with AT&T and Verizon after such a merger. With 49.9 million customers and a complicated mobile-broadband situation, it would fall into a lousy competitive position and might become an acquisition target for Verizon.

 A merger of AT&T and T-Mobile would also reduce the number of nationwide carriers using the wireless technology favored by most of the rest of the world, the GSM standard, from two to one. In the bargain, AT&T probably would terminate T-Mobile's far more liberal "unlocking" policies, which let customers use its phones on carriers of their choice overseas instead of paying exorbitant roaming rates. People would also see the end of such customer-friendly features such as T-Mobile's cheaper, bring-your-own-phone Even More Plus plans and its more generous wireless-data plans. 

 As for AT&T, consider its stewardship of the iPhone when it had a monopoly on Apple's smartphone: It couldn't provide reliable service in some major markets, implemented new features months after iPhone carriers overseas, refused to unlock iPhones for use on those services in other countries even after subscribers had completed their contracts, and capped customers' data usage.

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Get Alerts When Someone Connects To Your WiFi Network

Security is one of the major concerns in the field of computing and there are numerous teams of brilliant engineers and technicians working around the world developing security solutions, anti-virus softwares and other security tool just to keep the computers safe.

 Some of the typical security hazards are data theft, identity theft, damage to computers and software because of viruses and worms. One of the weakest point in the whole system is the Wireless Internet which most of us use at homes and offices with or without password protection. First of all we suggest you to use a strong password protection on your wireless routers at home and offices to keep them safe from any attacks from hackers who might cling on to your WiFi network in your neighborhood and access data on your computer network.

Secondly, we will recommend you to use this tool called the Wireless Network Watcher by Nirsoft which I am going to review in this article. Even if someone cracks into the security of your WiFi network, your Wireless router or modem does not alert you as it assumes that if someone is joining the network, its normal, which is true in usual cases, but its better to have a system which alerts you whenever a new device is attached to your WiFi network so that you can see if that is an expected connection or some hacker or freeloader trying to consume your bandwidth! 

 The use of this tool is extremely easy, no clutter needed to use the software, just download and install it from the official website here. After you run the tool, it will automatically scan all the connected devices on your WiFi network and will show their IP addresses, MAC Addresses, and Device manufacturer and name of the device shared on the network, if you see something suspicious there, you can go to your Wifi Router and blacklist that MAC address to prevent it from accessing your network.

To get an alert whenever a new device latches on to your Wireless or WiFi network, simply click the options menu and click on “Beep On New Device” at alert you whenever a new device is attached to your network.

Note: If you have more than one Network cards on your computer or laptop, you may go to Options > Advanced settings and select the network adaptor which you want scan using the Wireless network watcher.

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Download 6 Month Free Antivirus License On Facebook

Recently facebook has announced that they are allowing each facebook user to download the free full version of antivirus valid for 6 months, they have taken the initiative as a security measure for all facebook users, so this way you can get the free copy of popular antivirus like Norton, McAfee, Microsoft Security Essentials, Shophos Anti Virus and Trend Micro.

Please Note: Each facebook user can download one antivirus of user choice one time, each antivirus comes with a license of 6 months with free virus definition update during that time. Only one anti-virus software download is allowed for each facebook account. So make sure you select the anti-virus software is which would best as per your computer, as you cant change your choice later.

The AV Marketplace enables people to download six-month licenses to full versions of anti-virus software at no charge from Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos, or Symantec. Facebook’s global community can now download for free powerful software to protect their computers from current and future viruses, and content security threats providing hundreds of millions of people free access to anti-virus software.

Download these Free Antivirus For Free from Facebook at this page

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Tips To Stop Virus or Malware From Harmful Websites To Infect Your PC

There are many readers who tell us about this common problem when they get their PC infected by virus and they don’t know what went wrong as normally scan every CD or USB drive they connect to their computer.

 This seems to be most protective statement when people say like this, as they ignore the another critical important activity on their computer that is web surfing as most of the users visit the websites and unknowingly they visit harmful websites sometimes by accidently clicking a harmful link or some times they may visit the potential harmful torrent websites, today we will tell you how to protect your computer from getting infected from the malware from these malware websites.

Below are some software you can install in your browser you use to protect your computer from the malware spreading out from these websites. There are some things you need to remember to save your computer from malware, Trojans and other threats from websites you visit. There are many articles which talk about that you need to keep your antivirus updated, your windows updates should be on so that windows should be protected to handle virus or malware infection. 

 So, today we will talk about another things which will help you more to avoid both the infection and in case you are infected you can use these tools to get your system get back to normal state, read on further to know how to protect your computer from threats in case your antivirus fails to do so or in case it is incapable of defending or killing the malware coming from internet way.

Install A Good Free Firewall 

 Yes, a third party firewall can really help your system to defend against malwares. If you don’t what a firewall is, then you should know that it is software or hardware that acts like security gate to help protect your computer against hackers and some computer viruses and worms when they try to enter your computer when connected to the Internet. You can choose to install any of the firewall mentioned below, but make sure that you install only one of any of these.

• ZoneAlarmFree
• Filseclab Personal Firewall Professional Edition
• PC Tools Firewall Plus
• Online Armor Personal Firewall (free edition)
• Jetico Personal Firewall v.1 – free version
• Kerio Personal Firewall
• Sygate Personal Firewall Free

Install a Free Malware Cleaner or Remover

There could be a instance when a PC you working on is already infected with malware like rogue antivirus, cleaner programs and fake registry cleaner which pretends to make your system faster and other hand they corrupt files and spread malware and virus onto your computer, so in such case you should install a free malware remover program like Malware Anti Malware Free [ It’s 14 day trail version but works fully functional ] and we also recommend you to install free cookies cleaners programs as they can save you by cleaning or deleting the malware files on your computer.

Some other options as malware scanners and cleaners are

Microsoft Security Essentials

Spybot Search and Destroy [ Free Version ]

Install Light Weight Anti Virus That Gives You Web Protection

For this we recommend you to know about our list of free light weight anti virus for windows, and some of them gives you real better protection than any paid antivirus with out slowing down your computer.

Don’t Install Codecs or Media Player From Websites To View or Watch Their Content

There are times when you may be visiting some potential harmful adult website which may ask you to install a codec to play a content or it could be the case when you try to download a file from website and it ask you to download some other software which will download the file for you, in both of these cases it could be potential virus or malware that could infect your PC and could also steal your data.

Scan The Files You Download For Virus or Malware

When you download a file from Torrent or Video Sites please make sure to scan it with the antivirus installed on your computer, make sure that your antivirus should be updated to catch any new or old malware or virus hidden in these files.

Please Don’t Use file sharing software like Kazaa, Bear Share, or any other peer to peer sharing software.

Install Toolbars Which Could Protect You and Warn You From Clicking Dangerous Links

You can also install toolbars and other free desktop tools Norton Safe Web which tells you whether a website is safe to open, you can also consider installing WOT, AVG link scanner or McAfee Site Advisor.

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